Measuring and registering apparatus.



No. 664,272. Patented nec.|8,|900. Y a. w. JOHNSON.

MEASURING AND REG'ISTEBING APPARATUS.

(Application iled Feb. 11, 1899.)

No. 664,272. l Patented nec. la, |900.

G. w. JUHNVSON. y MEASURING AND REGIS'- RING APPARATUS.

(Application led Feb. 11, 1899.) (No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 2.

y n. w. Jo'H'NsoN. 'MEASUBING AND R-EGISTERING APPARATUS.

(Appxicaeiun filed Fab. 11, 1899.)

lllllllllllllli Patented Dec. I8, |900.

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No. 664,272.. Patentednecjla, |900. Us. w. JOHNSON.

YMEASURING AND REGISTERINGAPPARATUS.

(Appnmion med ren. 11, 1899.) '(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet a,i

" renie 'GEORGE WILFRID JOHNSON, or MEX1oo,MnX1oo.

MEASURING AND REGISTERING APPARATUS;

sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming peri, ef Lettere Patent No. 664,272, dated December is, 1906.

Application l'ed February 1l. 1899. serial No. 705,297. tNo model.)

T0 LZ whom t ncaly concerne:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILFRD J OHN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Mexico, in the Republic of Mexico, have invented a new and useful Registering and Measuring Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a registering and measuring apparatus; and it involves supply and discharge controlling means and a measuring reservoir or chamber communicating with supply and discharge pipes or conduits constituting part of said means, and the cooperating elements are so disposed relatively to each other as to accurately measure predetermined quantities of liquid and to vary or regulate with precision the amount measured, to prevent the simultaneous action of the supply and discharge valves, which is accomplished by interlocking or regulating mechanism of a peculiar nature, to register properly the charges of liquid as the),7 arel vdrawn oi, to provide for the emission of air from the reservoir while the latter is filling and when said reservoir is filled to instantly and automatically arrest the further supply of liquid, and to provide for the admission of atmospheric air when it is desired to empty the'reservoir, thereby to insure the proper action of the apparatus, and the several parts ot' the latter are preferablyhoused and locked within a casing, tank, or other suitable inclosing device, so as to be inaccessible to unauthorized persons who might be inclined to tamper with the registering-valve or other mechanisms.

The invention includes as one of its essenmoved in the opposite direction such capacity will be decreased. l

lThe apparatus also includes', in connection with the supply and discharge valves, which iserve, respectively, on their proper operation to permit4 the .entrance or emission of a liqL nid to and from the measuring-chamber, interlocking mechanism which prevents both valves being open at the same time and which is objectionable, as in such event the liquid would be permitted to flow through the apparatus without being measured or registered. In connection with each valve I provide a locking device or stop, and these stops are operated by thevvalves, and each of them serves to block or control the operation of the other. When one valve is open, the stop loperative therewith will be so positioned as to stand in the path of the other valve-stop., whereby the valve to which the latter is counected cannot be actuated, and this operation is repeated with respect to the other valve-stop, it being obvious that the action of the two is reciprocal. Suitable means are provided for limiting the motion of the two valves whereby neither of them can be Lturned beyond a certain position, and the disposition of the members is such that both valves can be closed at the same time, as no harm can result from this. In conjunction with one of the valves I provide a register, which may be of any type suitable for the purpose, and this register is preferably operated in connection with the discharge-valve, .and the organization is such that the register is operated each time the discharge-valve is opened to empty the measuring reservoir or chamber. The register is preferably inclosed in the casing, said casing having a suit-able opening through which the disks or indicating-dials can be seen.

The apparatus includes, as another feature and in combination with a tank having an air-vent and with a reservoir communicating with said tank, a valve and means for expelling the air from said tank and foroperating the valve to close said vent when the air is removed, in virtue of which the further supply of liquid to the reservoir canbe stopped when the said valve is closed. The means for operating said vent consists of a float adapted to rise in said tank with the liquid,

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whereby the valve can be instantly closed at the proper point, and the valve is connected, preferably, with the tank by a stem, which extends through a wall of the casing, and said 'extended end of the valve-stem is preferably inclosed by a cap of transparent material, through which the position of the valve-stem can be observed, so that an attendant can instantly determine whether the measuring chamber is full.

The apparatus is peculiarly adapted for use in bottling establishments and such places where accurate measurement and registration thereof are of prime importance.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, l have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation, with portions broken away, ofa measuring and registering apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention and the supply-valve being open and the discharge-valve being closed to permit the supply of liquid to the measuring-reservoir. Fig. 2 is a sectional front elevation with parts broken away and the valves being in the positions in which they occupy in said Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view, the section being taken at a point slightly above the valve-interlocking mechanism and the valves being in position corresponding with Figs. 1 and 2, and the said interlocking mechanism serving to lock the dischargevalve closed, section being on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a substantially similar view, the positions of the valves being exactly reversed and the supply-valve being locked against opening movement. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail of a guide for a block constituting part of the valve-interlocking mechanism. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective of one of the parts of the register-operating mechanism. Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective detail of a stop connected with the discharge-valve andv of a primary actuator for the register mechanism. Fig. 8 is a similar view of a disk connected with the supply-valve and serving inl connection with a stop to restrain the motion of said valve. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the tank and float and the valve connected with said tank, showing by arrows the direction taken by the air in escaping through the vent. Fig. 10 is a horizontal sectional plan through the tank, taken at a point slightly below the float. Figs. l1 to 14, inclusive, are details hereinafter more particularly described and illustrating a modified form of mechanism for actuating the register, Fig. 12 being a section on the line 12 l2, Fig. 11.

Like characters denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings.

The casing or housing for inclosing the different parts of the apparatus may be of any suitable construction, it being represented in the drawings as consisting of a substantially rectangular box A, through which the supply and discharge pipes 2 and 3 extend, said pipes being threaded at their inner ends to engage threaded openings in the rear wall of the casing, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and these pipes communicate with the measuring reservoir or chamber B, which is substantially of frusto-conical shape, the reduced end being farther from the casing, so that the fluid can quickly gravitate down the inside thereof and into the discharge-pipe 3. The measuring-reservoir B is provided along its inner edge with the annular vertical flange 4, through which screws or other fastening devices, as 5, pass, thereby to hold the measuring-reservoir firmly against the rear wall of the casing, and between said reservoir and casing the packing 6 is disposed, said packing consisting, preferably, of a disk of suitable material held in proper position by the screws 5 and serving to tightly close the joint between the measuring-chamber and the casing. l Said disk has openings, as 7 and 8, communicating with the openings in the ends of the supply and discharge pipes 2 and 3, respectively. The supply-pipe communicates with a suitable vat, tank, or other main supply apparatus, (not showin) and on opening a valve therein the liquid can flow from the supplypipe into the measuring chamber or reservoir B, and during this time the discharge-valve in the pipe 3 is closed. When the quantity is properly measured, the supply-valve will be closed and the discharge- Avalve opened to discharge the contents of the apparatus. The supply-pipe 2 is shown as being at a slightly-higher elevation than the discharge-pipe 3, and each is provided at a point substantially midway of its length in the casing A with a valve-chamber, (designated, respectively, by 9 and 10,) and which valve-chambers receive the valves 12 and 12, respectively, said Valves being of the turning-plug type and being vertically mounted and their valve-stems 14 and 15 being preferably square and extending upward through the dividing-wall 16 in the casing A, which separates said casing into two compartments, and through openings in the top of said casing, said valves being preferably hand-operated and the stems thereof being embraced by the handles 17 and 18, constituting a convenient means for turning the valves in opposite directions to permit the flow or cause the stoppage of the liquid.

In connection with t-he manually-operated supply and discharge valves, which latter may be of any suitable construction capable of carrying out the object of the invention, I provide interlocking mechanism so construct- IOC IZO

ed as to absolutely prevent the simultaneous opening of the two valves, as it is evident that in case they are both openV at the same time the liquid from the main supply device could` iiow through the apparatus without being measured. The valve-stem 15 is provided at a suitable point in its height with the disk or stop 19, snugly fitting around said stein and having the depending guide-flange 20 titting Within the opening 21 in the wall 16, and the sliding bolt 22 cooperates with the disk or stop 19 and constitutes acoperating stop, said sliding bolt being movable in a path transversely of the periphery ot' the disk or stop 19, and being guided in such path by the bracket 23, secured in some suitable manner to the' upper face of the wall 16 and being pivoted, as atr24, to the link 25, said pivot passing throughl the longitudinal slot 26 in the upper side of the guide-bracket.v The link is pivoted atits opposite end, as at 27, to the disk 2S on the squared valve-stem 14, itbeing evident that by reason of the squaring of the stem and the corresponding openings in the disks 19 and 28 said disks are held against turning movement relatively to said stems. The stem 14 is provided with a second disk 29, having along its outer edge the iiange 30, restin-g and turning upon the flange 31 around the opening through the wall 16, through which the valve-stem 14 passes, and the upper face of said last-mentioned disk is flush withthe upper face of thedividing-wall. The periphery of the disk 19 is cut out, as at 32, this construction producing the shoulders 33 and 34, adapted, respectively, to abut against the stop 35, suitably secured to the upper side of the dividing-wall lo', and this construction constitutes a simple means for limiting the operation of the discharge-valve 12. In Fig. 4 the discharge-valve is supposed to be open, so as to permit the contents of the apparatus to pass therefrom, and it will' be seen on inspection of said figure that the shoulder 33 is in contact with the stop 35, and the act of closing the discharge-valve will move the disk 19 in the direction of the arrow, such motion being permitted until the shoulder 34 strikes the stop 35, thereby preventing the further movement of the valve and positively indicating that it has reached its closed position. On the opening of the valve this action will be reversed. The disk 29 is provided with similar shoulders 36 and -37, formed by cutting out the periphery of said disk, as at 38, and which shoulders cooperate with the stop 39, disposed in the path thereof, for the purpose of limiting the operation ot` the supplyvalve.

The periphery ofthe disk 19 has at a proper point the stop-receiving4 notch or recess 40, int-o which the free end of the sliding or reciprocatory bolt 22 is thrust, as indicated clearly in Fig. 3, when the supply-valve is opened, so that the movement of the stop or disk 19, and consequently of the dischargevalve,(then closed,) cannot take place. When,

disk 29 will follow the direction of the arrow indicated in Fig. 3 or until theshoulder 37- abuts against the stop 39, and just before this point is reached the free end of the bolt 22 will pass across the periphery of the disk 19, as indicated in Fig. 4, so that the dischargevalve will be released and can be opened, and as said discharge-valve is opened the disk 19 will follow the path indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 until the shoulder 33 strikes the stop 35. On the initial movement of the disk 19 the solid portion of the periphery thereof will be brought opposite the end of the sliding stop 22, as shown in Fig. 4, thereby to positively block the advance of said stop 22, and consequently prevent the opening of the supply-valve. When the contents of the reservoir have been drawn off, the dischargeerations with respect to the sliding and the.

oscillatory stop will follow while the apparatus is in use. On inspection of Fig. 3 it will be observed that the supply-valve can be shut, which operation carries the bolt or stop 22 out of the notch 40, so that t-he valves can be simultaneously closed; but it will be understood that both of them cannot be opened at the same time.

In connection with the measuring-reservoir B, [provide a device for varying the containing capacity thereof for the purpose of meas` uring diierent quantities, and said regulating device may be of any suitable construction. '1t is represented as a cylinder C, eX- tending into said reservoir and being adapted when moved in opposite directions .to vary the cubical capacity thereof, The said regulating device or cylinder C is eXteriorly threaded,

as at 41, and engages the internal threads 42Y on the inner section 43 ofthe carrying-ring D said ring having at its inside the annular flange 43', which ts latwise against the inwardly-turned iiange 44 on the outer end of the reservoir B, as indicated clearly in Fig. 1. The inner end of the regulating device C is closed, and it will be evident that by turning the same to the right it will be fed forward by the action ot' the screw-threads to decrease the cubical capacity or area of said reservoir and when turned to the left will be moved rearward to increase such area, and for the purpose of holding said regulating device in an adjusted position I provide a positive' 'device, the set-screw 45, although in some instances the engaging threads 41 and 42 could be utilized for this purpose. The set-screw IOO 45 is carried by the ring D and is adapted to firmly engage the periphery of the regulating device C, thereby to maintain the latter in a fixed position. The cylinder C, which for the purpose of securing lightness is made hollow and has its outer end open,is protected against unlawful tampering by the cap 46 in threaded engagement with the outer surface of the ring D and which is adapted to abut against the flange 43' when in its normal position and which serves to cover the regulating-cylinder C, said cap being held in its normal position by a lock, as 47, the keeper of which passes through the eyes 48 and 49, secured, respectively, to said cap and reservoir, on the outside thereof. By removing the lock 47 the cap 46 can be removed to reach the regulating-cylinder C for the purpose of adjusting the latter to correct any error caused by misadjustment of the parts or to measure a quantity of fluid different from that discharged at a prior operation of the parts.

Means are employed for insuring the exhaust of all the air within the reservoir when the proper charge isin the appara tus, thereby preventing automatically the further entrance of liquid thereinto. A controllingtank is shown at E, this being disposed within the upper chamber of the casing and connected with the reservoir B by the vent-pipe 50, the opening in which registers with the opening 5l in the packing-disk 6, and it will be evident on an inspection of Fig. 1 that the upper side of the reservoir is located at a point below the upper side of the pipe 50, thereby preventing the trapping of any air in said reservoir as the liquid fills the connecting-pipe 50. The bottom of the tank E is furnished with a screw-threaded nipple 52, fitted in the upper end of the pipe 50 and is also inclined, as indicated clearly in Fig. 9. The bottom of the tank has a series of four or more ports or exhaust-openings 53, located near the junction of the same with the side wall thereof and through which the air can escape, following the direction of the arrows in said figure and also as represented in Fig. l0, the air passing around the lioat F, which is represented as consisting of a hollow' cylinder freely tted within the similarly-shaped tank E, the air as it rises passing between the tank and float and out through the ventopening 54 and from thence through the openings 55 in the casing. The tank is provided substantially centrally thereof with the annular externally-threaded flange 56, adapted to receive the internally-threaded cap 57, which has interiorly thereof the tapered valveseat 58, leading to the opening 59 in cap, and said opening being covered by the tapered valve 60, which is adapted to fit firmly against the seat 58 when all the air has been eX- hausted, thereby preventing the further supply of liquid when the requisite quantity is within the reservoir. The valve is connected with the float F by the longitudinal valvestem extending upward from the float and through the valve and also through the opening 62 in the yoke 63, which is disposed over the opening 59 in the threaded cap 57, the yoke serving as a suitable means for guiding the tank in its vertical movement, and to aid in this last-mentioned operation the float is provided on its outer face and near the bottom thereof with a series of rounded projections 64, contiguous to the inside of the tank and serving by engaging the latter to limit the sidewise motion of said tank. 'Ihe float is provided on its under side thereof with the annular projection or bead 65, located near the periphery of the float and adapted to engage the upper side of the tan k-bottom, thereby to aid in centralizing or properly seating the same when it is in its lowerlnost position.

At a point in vertical line with the connecting-pipe 50 the guard 69 is disposed,said guard consisting of a circular plate connected with the bottoln of the tank by the offsets 70. This guard is disposed in the path of the liquid as it rises toward the tank E and is adapted to receive the force thereof and of the exhausting air, so that the two combined forces canvnot be directly applied to the float prematurely, and it will be evident that the spaces between the oEsets 70 serve as ports or passages through which the rising liquid and air can pass to elevate the float. As the fluid rises in the tank it serves to elevate the float, and the air is forced out through the ventopening 54, and when the air is entirely exhausted the valve will be forced tightly against its seat by said float to prevent the escape of liquid. The upper end of the valvestem and the adjacent parts, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, extend through the top of the casing, and the valve-stem is surrounded by the semispherical glass cap or cover 7l, through which the position of the stem can be seen for the purpose of determining whether or not the valve is against its seat. When the valve is closed, the supply-valve 12 is shut and the discharge-valve opened, at which time the atmospheric air pressing against the upper side of the air-valve can force the same downward and destroy the vacuum in the apparatus, and thereby permit the measured contents to be discharged.

The registering device is designated by 75, and it is shown as secured to the inside of the door 76 and as being of ordinary construction, and said door is hinged, as at 77, to the casing and is held in its closed position by the lock 78, the shackle of which passes through the hasp or staple 79, carried by the casing and extending through the opening 8O in the lower side of the door. The register mechanism is operated by the reciprocatory bar 8l, connected thereto in some well-known manner and held in its outer position (shown in Fig. 2) by the coiled spring 82, bearing against the shoulders 83 and 84. The bar 8l is in two parts, the outer one being designated by 85 and consisting of a gravity extension held in its normal position IOO IIO

by its own weight and havinga beveled face 86, adapted to engage the correspondinglybeveled face 87, as shownl in Fig. 2, and to be limited in its upward movement by the stop 88 on the main portion of said bar. The outer or free end of the bar 81 is normally engaged by the point or free end of the counterbalanced lever 89, pivoted, as at 90, to the inside of the casing, andthe weight of which is designated by 91, and serves to maintain the lever in its upright position, (shown v in Fig. 2,) whereby the lugl 92 of said lever can be engaged by the actuating device or block 93, secured to the upper side of the disk or stop 19. AThe inner face of the lug or shoulder 92 is straight, while the rear face thereof is beveled or inclined upwardly. As the disk turns in the manner hereinbefore set forth the block 93 thereon will strike the straight face of the lug 92, thereby swinging the lower portion of thev lever to the right, as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2, and hence moving the upper arm of the lever in the opposite direction,so that said upper arm can thrust the bar 81 in the direction of the arrow to effect an operation of the register mechanism. When the parts have reached their extreme positions, the block 93 willhave reached a point beyond the lever 89, as shown in Fig. 4, and on the return movement of the parts said block will pass in contact with the beveled face of the lug 92, and will thereby swing said lever ineffectively about its center until the two parts pass out of engagement, at which time thelever will resume its initial position by reason of the centralizingweight 91.

In Figs. 11 to 14 I have shown a modified form of register mechanism, the register being designated by 75 and the spring-actuated register-operating bar being designated by 95 and being vadapted to be engaged by the roller 96 at the upper end of the lever 97, piv

oted in the casing, as at 98, and the lower end of said lever being in position to be engaged bythe working portion 99 of the springoperated block 100, mounted for movement in the guideway 101 in the upper face of the disk 19. The actuating-spring is shown as coiled and bears against the rear wall of the guideway 101 and the back end of the slide. The said slide is held against displacement by the plate 102, secured to the periphery of the disk and adapted to limit the forward movement of said slide. In Figs. 11 and 12 the working portion of the slide or pawl is shown as being in engagement with the lower end of the lever 97, whereby when the disk 19 is turned in t-he direction of the arrowshown in Fig. 12 the lower arm of said lever is moved to the right, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1l, the upper arm of said lever being oppositely operated to force the bar 95 inward for the purpose of securing the operation of the register. On the return stroke of the parts the working portion 99 of the slide will ride along the beveled face 105 at the lower end of the lever, which operai ion forces said slide inward, so that the two parts calrfreely pass, and when they are out ot' contact the relaxing coiled spring 106 serves to return the slide 100 to its first position. (Shown in Figs. 11 and 12.)

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described theinvention, what I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the class specified, a measuring-reservoir in combination with a longitudinally-adjustable cylinder having a closed end projecting into the reservoir, a cap removably applied to the outer end of the cylinder in locked position thereover, a supply-pipe leading to said reservoir, a discharge- 1 pipe leading from said reservoir', valves for controlling the supply and discharge, and mechanismin connection with the stemsof the said valves for providing a locking means and including disks attached to the stems, a bolt movably connected to and controlled in its movements by the operation of one ofthe disks and adapted to be engaged with or disengaged from the opposite disk, and means for guiding the said bolt.

2. In an apparatus of the class specified, a measuring-reservoir in combination with a longitudinally-adjustable cylinder having a closed end exposed in said reservoir and adapted by its adjustment to vary the con-v taining capacity of said reservoir, a cylindercap exclusively surrounding said cylinder and having a longitudinal dimension sufficient to permit of the maximum exterior adjustment of the cylinder exclusively surrounded, and serving to prevent access thereto, and means for removably locking the cap in position.

3. In an apparat-us of the class Specified, a measuring-reservoir having a reduced an- 4nularly-fianged end, a ring provided with a flange secured to and projecting rearwardly from said annularly-tlanged end, a cylinder longitudinally movable in the ring and eX- tending into the reservoir and serving to vary the containing capacity of said reservoir, and a movable binding device carried by the ring and adapted to engage said cylinder for holding the same in an adj usted position, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus of the class specified, a measuring-reservoir having a iange, a ring provided with a flange fitting against said rst-mentioned ange and interiorly threaded,a cylinder exteriorly threaded and adapted to engage the threads on said ring, the inner end of the cylinder being closed, a set-screw IOO IIO

carried by the ring for engaging the cylinder, a cap in threaded engagement with the ring, and means for locking the cap to the reservoir, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a measuring-reservoir; of an exteriorly-threaded cylinder adjustable and having a closed end movable into the reservoir for varying the containing capacity of said reservoir, a removable cap for inclosing the regulating-cylinder and having a dimension to permit of the maximum exterior adjustment of said cylinder, valve-controlled supply and exhaust pipes in communication with the reservoir and connected for operation in alternation, a tank communicating with Said measuring-reservoir and having a vent, a valve adapted to close said vent, and a oat in said tank connected to and adapted to operate said valves, said iioat being actuated by the rise and fall of the liquid entering the tank from the measuring-reservoir.

6. In an apparatus of the class specied, the combination with a meastiring-reservoir, and valve controlled supply and exhaust pipes in communication therewith and connected for operation in alternation, of a tank, a pipe connecting the tank and reservoir, a valve adapted to close a vent in the tank, a oa't in said tank adapted to operate said valve and actuated by the rise and fall of the liquid entering the tank from the measuringreservoir, and a guard located over the discharge end of said pipe and adapted to receive the direct force of the air and water as the same enter said tank from the measuring-reservoir, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus of the class set forth, the combination with a casing, of a measuring-reservoi r, a tank communicating with the upper part of said reservoirand havinga vent, a longitudinally-adjustable cylinder for varying the containing capacity of said reservoir for measuring different quantities, an inclosing cap for said cylinder, valve-controlled supply and exhaust pipes in communication with the reservoir below the point of communication of said tank th erewith,and connected for operation in a1ternation,a float in said tank provided with centering and guiding means, a valve adapted to close the vent of the tank, and a stem connecting the float and valve and extending upwardly through the top of the casing.

8. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a measuring-reservoir and with valved supply and discharge pipes, a tank communicating with said reservoir and having a vent, and also havingits bottom depressed and formed with ports com In unicating with the space formed by the said depression, a valve adapted to close said vent, a float in the tank having an annular bead on its under side adapted to rest on the outer portion of the bottom of the tank and provided upon its side with projections contiguous to the inside of the tank, and a valve for said vent in position to be operated by the oat, substantially as described.

9. In an apparatus of the class specified,

y the combination with a measuring-reservoir and with valved supply and discharge pipes communicating therewith, a tank having a vent and a depressed bottom, the latter formed in its outer portion with ports, a pipe connected with the central depressed portion of the tank and with the reservoir, a guard iu the depression of the tank and connected with the door thereof by offsets and extending over the discharge end of said pipe and serving to prevent the direct application of the rising air and liquid to the float, a valve for said vent, and a fioat located above the guard and connected with the valve for operating the same, substantially as described.

10. Inan apparatus of the class specified, the combination with supply and discharge pipes, and rotatable valves for controlling said pipes, of a shiftable locking device comprisinga slidable bolt located horizontally between and connected to an attachment for one of the valves and unconnected to and disposed for loose engagement with an attachment for the other valve, the bolt being aetuated in alternation for locking said valves by the movement ot` one of the latter. A

l1. In au apparatus of the class specified, the combination of a reservoir, supply and discharge pipes leading to and from diierent portions of said reservoir, rotatable valves for controlling said pipes oppositely disposed in planes at right angles to the latter and independently operable, a concealed longitudinally-slidable locking-bolt intermediate of the valves and actuated by one of the latter to lock the other, a link movably connected at opposite extremities respectively to a disk on one valve-stem and the bolt, and disks on the valve-stems disposed in horizontal planes, one havingarecessin the periphery to loosely and removably receive the end of the bolt, the other disk having the link connected thereto.

12. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a measuring-reservoir, independent discharge and supply pipes communicating with said reservoir, and independently-operable rotatable valves for controlling said supply and discharge pipes, of means for limiting the rotatable movement of the valves and properly positioning them, a concealed longitudinally-slidable locking device between the valves, a link pivotall y connected at opposite extremities respectively to a device on one of the valve-stems and to the bolt, the one extremity of the bolt loosely and removably engaging a device on the valve-stem opposite that to which the link is indirectly connected, and exteriorly-located means for operating valves.

13. In an apparatus of the character set forth, the combination with supply and discharge controlling means including two rotatable valves provided with parallel vertical stems, of disks horizontally disposed on said stems, and movable therewith, one of the disks having a notch in its peripheryand both slotted segmentally to engage limiting-stops, a

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guide-bracket interposed between'the disks', a bolt slidably mounted in said bracket, and a link pivotally connected at its opposite extremities respectively to the bolt and one ot the disks and operated by the latter disk to removably engage the notch in the opposite disk.

14. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a measuring-reservoir, of supply and discharge pipes communicating with said reservoir, supply and discharge valves located in the pipes and having stems, two disks each having cut-out portions thereby producing shoulders on the disks, and one of said disks having a notch, a slide coperating with the disk that is'connected with the discharge-valve, a link joined to the slide and also connected with the supply-valve, and stops disposed in the vpath of said shoulders, substantially as described.

15. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a measuring-reservoir, of supply and discharge pipes communicating therewith, supply and discharge valves operative in the respective pipes, a stop connected with the discharge-valve, a sliding stop cooperating with said first-mentioned stop, a slotted guide for guiding the slide in a straight path, a link connected with the supply-valve, and a pivot joining said link to the slide, the pivot extending through the slotin said plate, substantially as described.

16. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination With a measuring-reservoir, of supply and dischargelpipes communicating therewith, supply and discharge valves, abar, a lever adapted to engage said bar, a springactuated block connected with one of the valves 'for operating said lever, and a register in posit-ion to be operated by said bar, substantially as described.

17. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a measuring-reservoir, of supply and discharge pipes communicating With said reservoir, supply and discharge valves located in the pipes, a register having a spring-operated har, a pendent lever adapted to engage said s prin g-operated bar and having a beveled portion, and a spring-actuated device connected with one of the valves and provided with a beveled portion to ride over the beveled portion of the lever in one direction and adapted to engage therewith on moving the lever in the opposite direction, substantiallyas described.

1S. In an apparatus ot the class set forth, the combination with a casing provided with a shelf or partition dividing the casing into two compartments, supply and discharge pipes extending through the casing, a reser- Voir secured to the casing and communicating with said pipes, valves in the latter having stems provided with operating devices, means controlled by the change of level of the liquid in the upper compartment for exhausting the air and preventing the escape of the liquid, and interlocking stop devices connected with the valve-stems andsupported by said shelf or partition for preventing the opening of both valves simultaneously, substantially as set fortli.` l

19. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a casing, of a reservoir iitted to the casing, a longitudinally-adjustable cylinder for regulating the -contents of the reservoir, a cap detachably fitted to the reservoir over the said cylinder, a lock for connecting the cap with the reservoir, supply and discharge pipes communicating with the reservoir and provided with valves, the stems of which carry operating devices, and intei-locking stop devices connected with the valves, substantially as described.

20. In an apparatus of the class specified, the combination with a casing having openings, of a circular washer fitted against the rear side of the casing and having openings registering with the openings in the casing, a reservoir fitted to the casing and surrounding said openings, a cap detachably connected with the reservoir, a lock for securing the cap in place, a device operable with the reservoir for regulating its cubical contents and inclosed Within the said cap and protected thereby, supply and discharge pipes commu-l nicating with the reservoi r and having valves the stems of which are provided with operating devices, and interlocking stop devices suspended in the casing and connected with the valve-stem, substantially as described.

2l. In an apparatus of the class specified, a measuring-reservoir in combination with a longitudinally-adjustable cylinder for Varying the containing capacity of said reservoir to measure di'erent quantities, an inclosing cap for said cylinder removably applied inlocked position thereover, a supply-pipe leading to the upper portion of the reservoir, a discharge-pipe leading from the lower part of said reservoir, valves in t-he said supply and discharge pipes having upwardly-projecting parallel stems which are rotatable, and mechanism in connection with the stem of one of the valves for providing a locking means on the other stem and controlled by the movement ot' the valve-stem to which it is attached for disposition in a locked and in an unlocked condition.

22. In an apparatus of the class speciiied, the combination with a supply device, independent supply and discharge pipes for said supply device and having rotatable valves for controlling the supply and discharge to and from the reservoir, the said'valves being provided with vertically-disposed parallel stems which are rotatable, a guide located between the valve-stems, and a longitudinally-shift- IIO able rigid locking-bolt mounted in the said the stem of the supply-valve and adapted to engage the recess on the disk in the stem of the discharge-valve, and a registering mechanism having an extending member in the path of movement of the projection on the disk carried by the discharge-valve stein.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WILFRID JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. EADS, O. H. NEY AGRAMONT. 

